Father, Mother, and Three Children
c. 1915
Pen and ink, ink washes, watercolor with bodycolor, and colored crayon on wove paper
16.5 × 14.6 cm (6.5 × 5.7 in)
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● On view now — Collection Gallery, Room 17, North Wall
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia · verified July 2026
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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
With a quick and free line, Pascin depicts a family striking a pose. Each subject is carefully individualized, from the reserved mother and the laid-back father to the three daughters, respectively unguarded, shy, and pensive. These sitters differ from the types populating the street scenes Pascin sketched during his travels in the American South and Cuba in 1915, after he had emigrated from Paris to the United States before the First World War.
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